Hi Darmoose,
There's no reason to be confused in any area. As for any confusion with the locking or spinning propeller, lets say that it is a poor attempt on my part to insert a little humor in some of my posts. Something like the tiller/wheel thing. If that was a source of annoyance or confusion to some, I apologize.
darmoose wrote:O.J.
HELPP... i am confused by your reply to J.V.. do you or dont you pull the oil outta your engine by inserting a suction tube down thru the filler cap (as you first said), and if so, what kinda engine lets you do that?
maybe this helps to explain your difficulty understanding the spinning propellar thingy,(hmmm...)
FWISF
darrell
O J's reply:
In order to clear up any confusion on your part, I'll have to break your query up into sections and treat each part individually. I hope that I don't come off disrectspectful or rude in my replys.
You don't have to answer this, but I'm wondering, if by any chance, you are a lawyer. Sometimes lawyers have been known to ask a question that is impossible to be answered in the way that they pose it. "Do you still beat your wife? Yes or no?"
" do you or don't you pull the oil outta your engine by inserting a suction tube down through the filler cap?"
If you were observant, you would have noticed that I sail a Ty. Since a Ty doesn't have a diesel engine, I can't answer your question as you would like me to.
If you were to ask me if I ever did siphon oil out of a filler, my answer would be yes. Again some engines I could, others I couldn't. It all depends on the configuration of the filler. There are many makes of engines and each make has different models.
Some engines have their filler cap on top. Others have a filler tube along the side of the block, down to the sump. And then, there are other setups that don't use a tube. You pour the oil directly into the sump through a screw on, filler cap. Through the years, I have worked on all types, including the impossible ones that required a siphon through the dip stick tube. I had a small Jabsco pump for that purpose.
......"and if so, what kinda engine lets you do that?"
Among others I worked on, I had an engine on my old work boat that I could do this with. It was probably the most dependable engine I ever owned, besides a Chrysler Ace and a Gray four. This was a Yanmar #3T80J F
If you noticed, Mike Raehl and Al Levesque had straight shots with their siphons. Mike even mentioned that he used a straight piece of copper to reach down to the bottom off the sump. I had to use a flexible hose because I had a 45° fitting to pass through before the extraction tube entered the sump.
With the tubing, I could go around corners in tight places. One of my favorites was tubing on the end of a brass pyrene pump. In tight quarters, I could use it to siphon old oil out and then use it to pump new oil in.
O J
